Cartesian Rationalism: Understanding Descartes
Descartes gave the human intellect the central role in rationalism, his system therefore is a variant of intellectual rationalism. Other forms of rationalism had emerged in scholastic philosophy and the ancient philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. While Descartes had reservations with respect to all of them, he still adopted some of their elements: not even such a self-directed and critical philosopher as Descartes could have proceeded on the difficult journey towards truth without any baggage …
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Descartes gave the human intellect the central role in rationalism, his system therefore is a variant of intellectual rationalism. Other forms of rationalism had emerged in scholastic philosophy and the ancient philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. While Descartes had reservations with respect to all of them, he still adopted some of their elements: not even such a self-directed and critical philosopher as Descartes could have proceeded on the difficult journey towards truth without any baggage of tradition whatsoever. Those who treated this baggage as a useless burden and have attempted to pursue truth without carrying it, have only discovered things which had long been known.
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- Publication Date:2015.
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- Publisher(s):Peter Lang AG
- Place of Publication:Frankfurt am Main
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
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- Description:1 online resource (154 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:3631661185, 9783631661185, 9783653056112, 365305611X
- oclc:ocn994553616
- LC Classification:B1875 ǂb D76 2015eb
- Dewey Decimal:194
Table of Contents
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""From the Author""; ""I. Cartesian life-rationality""; ""II. Cartesian method and methodology""; ""III. Cartesian episteme and epistemology""; ""IV. Cartesian ontic, ontology and metaphysics""; ""V. Cartesian physics, physiology and psychology""; ""Annex""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
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